March 15, 2011 7:19 PM

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Libyan forces encircled AJdabiyah to wrest back Benghazi and Toburk

Libyan forces loyal to Col.Gaddafi today encircled the key town of Ajdabiyah as they began the final push to wrest back the opposition strongholds of Benghazi and Tobruk.Libyan fighter jets flew behind the rebel lines to bomb Ajdabiyah as Gaddafi's tanks and patrol boats launched a barrage on the coastal areas for what appeared to be a decisive push to recapture the strategic town as well as Benghazi and Tobruk.But the outgunned rebels have marshalled all their forces numbering up to ten tyhousand for the defence of the twin major ports of Benghazi and Tobruk, which provide Libya with crucial road links to Egypt.Western intelligence reports said that Libyan tanks and artillery were poised to strike a decisive blow to recapture both Benghazi and Tobruk in one major assault.Gaddafi had still kept back his more formidable fighting formations, including the 3,000-strong Revolutionary Guards and heavily-armed Khamish brigade, as a reserve to fight back any western attempt to intervene in the North African country.Amid reports that both the G-8 and UN Security Council were divided on the proposal to impose a no-fly zone, Al-Jazeera said that Gaddafi had decided to gamble and go all out to overrun the shrinking swathe of eastern Libya still held by the rebels.Gaddafi, in an interview to an Italian daily, described the rebellion against his 41-year rule as a lost cause and also said he felt betrayed by his friends in Europe.Gaddafi gave two choices to the rebels surrender or run away. He ruled out any mediation between his regime and the rebels, saying it was impossible to negotiated with what he called terrorists.He claimed that the rebels were linked with Osama bin Laden.He said, that the international community does not know what is really happening in Libya.

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